Build a doggie-proof vegetable planter box
Breanna writes: Be sure to add "dog proof" as one of the advantages to your design :) Mojo, Pumpkin, and Snarf won't be getting any…
Gardening
Urban gardening tips and DIY planter box plans. Learn to grow vegetables in compact spaces with practical guides, step-by-step plans, and photos.
Building a vegetable planter box for Mother’s Day
I love getting photos and emails from everyone who has downloaded the plans to my vegetable planter box and built one, two or even three…
New media: San Francisco Bay Area Theater, Arts, Food, Wine, Travel
For the latest and greatest in the SF Bay area and west coast living, with a little blooper here and there for good measure, be…
Solar Update: April 2010, vegetable gardening tips and tricks
The graph for the energy production of our SunPower solar panels tells the story of April. April showers bring May flowers. The various dips in…
Our backyard gets a pomegranate shrub
A couple of seasons ago, Clint decided to trim one of our bushes near the backyard seat wall because it was getting a little gangly.…
Urban Gardening: Planting tips and tricks
Now that spring is here, it’s time to get planting. For you urban gardeners with tight space, check out my wooden vegetable planter box plans.…
Planting tomatoes in a vegetable planter box
This weekend, after finally catching up with various errands including the yearly submission of income tax, I was able to visit our local garden center…
Live Earth Farm’s regular season starts April
Ever since reading both of Michael Pollan’s books, The Omnivore’s Dilemma and In Defense of Food, I’ve been trying to look for ways to eat…
Spring Gardening Project: Build a DIY vegetable planter box
It’s that time of year, at least in this part of the world: to welcome spring. For some of us on the west coast that…
Live Earth Farm: Joining the ranks of community support agriculture
I’ve waited for about half a year to become a member of Live Earth Farm. Two days ago, the wait was over when I got…